maenadismn.
/ˈmiːnədɪz(ə)m/, /ˈmʌɪnədɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈminæˌdɪzəm/ Wild or frenzied behaviour, characteristic of maenads.
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the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun] > fit of violent emotion
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1883 Atlantic Monthly 52 487/1 Mænadism in religion... Mænadism literally means the peculiar madness of the initiated in the mysteries of Dionysos.
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mænadism.
1940 Harvard Theol. Rev. 33 155 (heading) Maenadism in the Bacchae.
1961 A. Huxley Let. 29 Oct. (1969) 925 Maenadism, the Dionysian orgies,..represent methods for harmlessly expressing the dangerous feelings engendered by instinctive drives.
1993 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Misreadings 78 As if, in the grip of a kind of maenadism, they viewed the path to the sea as their only escape.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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